Infectious disease bill: CUPP kicks over decision to bar journalists from coverage

“It is time to take back the peoples Parliament before the Speaker burns it down and destroy our hard-fought democracy.”

CUPP’s spokesperson, Ikenga Imo Ugochinye called on all opposition lawmakers to outrightly reject the report on the public hearing by the time it is brought to the floor of the House for consideration in the interest of Nigerians.

“It is time to take back the peoples Parliament before the Speaker burns it down and destroy our hard-fought democracy. ” “Chasing Journalists away from the Venue of Public Hearing is shameful barbaric conduct that can only be seen in Museveni’s Uganda Parliament or Parliaments of places like Somalia, Zimbabwe and Burundi. How did we get to a point that a man once convicted of the dishonest act can hold all of us, especially House of Representatives to political ransom without the lawmakers rising up to take him down.

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